MARTHA
ELLEN CASNER
AND
WILLIAM SHIPP
Martha Ellen Casner married William Shipp. She was the
only member of the Martin Casner family to stay in Texas.
She married William Shipp and they remained ( or returned
) and settled in
Willow City Gillespie Co., TX.
He was also a Texas Ranger.
He served in the 16th Texas Confederate Infantry Regiment Lucketts Brigade Company C -Bowers company (regimental history and timeline) from March 1862- April 1863.
For his service in the Civil War he received a pension as follows.
Shipp, W. A. 12848Claimant: Shipp, W. A. Pension Number: 12848 County: Gillespie
Note : Lyndon Baines Johnson's (President of US) father;
Samuel
Johnson lived with the WA Shipp family In Willow City in 1897. He lived there
while he taught at Rocky School, and in his memoirs he said that he spent many
hours around the fire at the Shipp house listening to the experiences of
frequent guest,
Captain
Rufus Perry, the Indian fighter. He may have several family connections
including serving with Jessie Billingsley at Battle of San Jacinto.
Captain Rufus Perry cabin
Captain Perry Texas Ranger Museum
Located west
of Johnson City on
Hwy. 290 at 404 W. Main
Father: Martin M. CASNER b: 11 MAY 1815 in AL
Mother: Louisa Jane MEDFORD b: 29 MAR 1815 in AL
Marriage 1
William SHIPP b: 22 NOV 1842 in TX . Father: Ewell Shipp and mother: Caroline
Dickerson of Coffee Co TN.
Children
- Clara Rebecca -married Jesse Garrett
- Ada -married Lawrence Munselle
- Charles H -married Delia V. Moss
- William Edward - never married
- Marion - never married
- Alice -married Victor E. Camplain
- May E. SHIPP b: 1883 in Willow City, Texas married W.O. Otis Munselle.
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